Clare is Professor in Veterinary Neurology at University of Surrey and Senior Neurologist at Wear Referrals. Her experience with painful and distressing inherited and conformation related disease drives her research to improve diagnose, treatment and prevention of these conditions.

She has spent over 25 years researching Chiari malformation, syringomyelia and neuropathic pain and has authored or co-authored over 160 scientific articles and book chapters including a textbook on human syringomyelia. She is a trustee for the Dog Breeding Reform Group and Patron of Cavalier Matters charity. Her “hobby” is making content for her YouTube channel @clare-neurovet that, amongst other veterinary neurology content, has neuropathic pain and canine chiari-syringomyelia playlists.

Clare graduated from Glasgow University in 1991 and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 1996 after a residency at the Royal Veterinary College. She became a RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology in 1997 and was awarded a PhD from Utrecht University in 2007. She was honoured to receive the JA Wight Memorial award in 2011, made Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (meritorious contribution to knowledge) in 2016, an RCVS Impact award in 2022 and the Pet Plan Charitable Trust Scientific Award in 2023.

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